About Yahoo Fianace MCP
Yahoo Finance MCP Server exposes functions from the `yfinance` library as tools for clients that need Yahoo Finance data. Its tools cover market prices, company financials, news, ownership, recommendations, and options.
Key features
- 01Retrieve current and historical stock prices
- 02Query dividends and financial statements
- 03Get earnings dates and company news
- 04Inspect holders and analyst recommendations
- 05Retrieve option dates and chains
Use cases
- 01Check a ticker's latest or historical prices
- 02Review company statements and dividends
- 03Look up company news and holders
- 04Inspect analyst data and option chains
MCP support
Exposes public methods of the `YahooFinance` class as MCP tools over stdio. MCP clients start and communicate with the server process.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEYahoo Finance MCP Server
This project provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes various functions from the yfinance library as individual tools. This allows an MCP client (like Claude Desktop) to query Yahoo Finance data.
Prerequisites
- Python: Ensure you have Python installed (Python 3.8+ recommended).
- uv: This project uses
uvfor environment and package management. If you don't have it, install it following the instructions here: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv
Setup
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Clone the repository:
git clone [email protected]:a05031113/yahoo-fianace-mcp.git cd yahoo-finance # Or your repository directory name -
Create a virtual environment: It's highly recommended to use a virtual environment. Create one using
uv:uv venvThis will create a
.venvdirectory. -
Activate the virtual environment:
- On macOS/Linux:
source .venv/bin/activate - On Windows (Git Bash/WSL):
source .venv/Scripts/activate - On Windows (Command Prompt/PowerShell):
.venv\Scripts\activate
You should see
(.venv)at the beginning of your terminal prompt. - On macOS/Linux:
-
Install dependencies: Install the required Python packages using
uv:uv pip install -r requirements.txt
Running the Server
This server communicates via standard input/output (stdio) as expected by MCP. To run the server, simply execute the main.py script using the Python interpreter from your activated virtual environment:
python main.py
The server will start and print log messages to standard error (stderr), waiting for JSON-RPC requests on standard input (stdin).
You would typically configure your MCP client (e.g., in its settings JSON file) to run this command:
{
"mcpServers": {
"yahoo_finance_engine": {
"command": "/path/to/your/yahoo-finance/.venv/bin/python", // Adjust path accordingly
"args": [
"/path/to/your/yahoo-finance/main.py" // Adjust path accordingly
]
}
// ... other servers
}
}
The MCP client will then manage starting and communicating with this server process.
Available Tools
The server exposes the public methods of the YahooFinance class (defined in src/tool.py) as individual MCP tools. These include (but are not limited to):
get_current_stock_price(symbol: str)get_stock_price_by_date(symbol: str, date: str)get_stock_price_date_range(symbol: str, start_date: str, end_date: str)get_historical_stock_prices(symbol: str, period: str = "1mo", interval: str = "1d")get_dividends(symbol: str)get_income_statement(symbol: str, freq: str = "yearly")get_cashflow(symbol: str, freq: str = "yearly")get_balance_sheet(symbol: str, freq: str = "yearly")get_earning_dates(symbol: str, limit: int = 12)get_news(symbol: str)get_company_info(symbol: str)get_splits(symbol: str)get_recommendations(symbol: str)get_analyst_price_targets(symbol: str)get_major_holders(symbol: str)get_institutional_holders(symbol: str)get_mutualfund_holders(symbol: str)get_option_expiration_dates(symbol: str)get_option_chain(symbol: str, date: str)get_sustainability(symbol: str)
Refer to the docstrings within main.py or src/tool.py for details on each tool's parameters.
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